Table Of ContentOptoelectronic
Organic–Inorganic
Semiconductor
Heterojunctions
Optoelectronic
Organic–Inorganic
Semiconductor
Heterojunctions
Ye Zhou
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Zhou, Ye (Semiconductor engineer), editor.
Title: Optoelectronic organic-inorganic semiconductor heterojunctions /
[edited] by Ye Zhou. Description: First edition. | Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis
Group, LLC, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary: “The book summarizes advances in development of
organic-inorganic semiconductor heterojunctions, challenges and possible
solutions for material/device design, and prospects for commercial
applications. It introduces the concept and basic mechanism of
semiconductor heterojunctions. It describes a series of
organic-inorganic semiconductor heterojunctions with desirable electrical and optical properties for
optoelectronic devices. Typical
devices such as solar cells, photo-detectors and optoelectronic memories
are discussed. Materials, device challenges, and strategies are discussed to promote the commercial
translation of semiconductor
heterojunction based optoelectronic devices” -- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020043631 (print) | LCCN 2020043632 (ebook) | ISBN
9780367342128 (hardback) | ISBN 9780367348175 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Heterojunctions. | Optoelectronic devices. | Organic
semiconductors.
Classification: LCC TK7874.53 .O68 2021 (print) | LCC TK7874.53 (ebook) |
DDC 621.3815/2--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020043631
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020043632
ISBN: 978-0-367-34212-8 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-0-367-34817-5 (ebk)
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Contents
Preface ......................................................................................................................vii
Editor Biography .......................................................................................................ix
Contibutors ................................................................................................................xi
Chapter 1 Introduction to Organic–Inorganic Heterojunction ............................1
Kui Zhou and Ye Zhou
Chapter 2 Energy-Level Alignment at Organic–Inorganic Heterojunctions .......9
Sylke Blumstengel and Norbert Koch
Chapter 3 Molecular Layer Deposition of Organic–Inorganic
Hybrid Materials ...............................................................................37
Xiangbo Meng
Chapter 4 Scanning Tunneling Microscope and Spectroscope
on Organic–Inorganic Material Heterojunction ................................71
Sadaf Bashir Khan and Shern Long Lee
Chapter 5 Organic-Inorganic Semiconducting Nanomaterial
Heterojunctions ...............................................................................101
Jie Guan, Ziwei Wang, Yuan-Cheng Zhu, Wei-Wei Zhao, and Qin Xu
Chapter 6 Organic–Inorganic Heterojunction Nanowires ...............................127
Yuan Yao and Yanbing Guo
Chapter 7 Electroluminescence of Organic Molecular Junction
in Scanning Tunneling Microscope ................................................147
Xiaoguang Li
Chapter 8 Recent Research Progress on Organic–Inorganic
Hybrid Solar Cells ..........................................................................165
Wenjie Zhao, Na Li, Xin Jin, Shengnan Duan, Baoning Wang, Aijun Li,
and Xiao-Feng Wang
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Chapter 9 Nanogenerators Based on Organic–Inorganic
Heterojunction Materials ................................................................197
Md Masud Rana, Asif Abdullah Khan, and Dayan Ban
Chapter 10 Organic–Inorganic Semiconductor Heterojunctions
for Hybrid Light-Emitting Diodes ..................................................231
J. Bruckbauer and N. J. Findlay
Chapter 11 Organic–Inorganic Semiconductor Heterojunctions
for Resistive Switching Memories ..................................................267
Shuang Gao and Run-Wei Li
Chapter 12 Optoelectronic Sensors for Health Monitoring ...............................287
Zheng Li
Chapter 13 Organic–Inorganic Semiconductor
Heterojunction Photocatalysts ........................................................315
Tao Lv, Zhengyuan Jin, Luhong Zhang, and Yu-Jia Zeng
Index.. ....................................................................................................................351
Preface
A semiconductor heterojunction is the interface between two layers or regions of dif-
ferent semiconductor materials. When combining organic semiconductor with inor-
ganic semiconductor, a hybrid heterojunction can be formed, either in planar structure
or bulk structure. Organic–inorganic heterojunctions are promising candidates for
functional electronic devices owing to the expected co-activation between organic
and inorganic components. The hybrid system is beneficial from both the advantages
of organic semiconductors and inorganic counterpart.
Optoelectronic semiconductor organic–inorganic heterojunctions have attracted
intense research interests in the past decade. If the two semiconductors are combined
through a reasonable interface design, the strengths can be enhanced. It is expected to
obtain better photoelectric performance with proper design of the heterojunction mate-
rials. These kinds of heterojunctions have great potential to be applied in transistors,
light-emitting diodes, sensors, solar cells, and memories. Scientists have further
explored the one-dimensional and zero-dimensional electronic behaviors in heteroge-
neous structures. It is expected that new phenomena will be discovered in the future,
and more novel heterogeneous structural components will emerge.
In this book, we have introduced the concept and basic mechanism of semicon-
ductor heterojunctions. We investigate a series of organic–inorganic semiconductor
heterojunctions with desirable electrical and optical properties for optoelectronic
devices. The typical devices such as solar cells, photo-detectors, and optoelectronic
memories are discussed. Materials and device challenges as well as possible strate-
gies are also discussed to promote the commercial translation of these semiconductor
heterojunctions-based optoelectronic devices.
I would like to acknowledge all the fellow authors who have contributed in this
book. I also want to express my gratitude to Gabrielle Vernachio, Allison Shatkin,
Lara S. Loes, and Camilla Michael at CRC Press/Taylor & Francis and Karthik
Thiruvengadam at SPi Global, for all the help during the book editorial process, and for
the excellent experience of working with them. Specially, I want to thank all the readers
for their interest in our book. Our aim is to give a comprehensive, critical, and up-to-
date book here. I hope that this book can be useful as a reference guide for researchers
and students who work in the field of organic–i norganic heterojunctions and related
electronic devices.
Ye Zhou
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Editor Biography
Prof. Ye Zhou is an IAS Fellow and group leader in the Institute for Advanced Study,
Shenzhen University. He received his B.S. (2008) in Electronic Science and
Engineering from Nanjing University, M.S. (2009) in Electronic Engineering from
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Ph.D. (2013) in Physics and
Materials Science from City University of Hong Kong. His research interests include
flexible and printed electronics, nano-materials, nano-composite materials, and
nano-scale devices for technological applications such as logic circuits, memories,
photonics and sensors. He has edited 4 books, 3 USA patents, 11 China patents, and
over 120 SCI papers in journals such as Science, Nature Electronics, Nature
Communications, Chemical Reviews, Advanced Materials, etc. More than 40 of his
works have been highlighted as cover pages or frontispieces. These published papers
have been extensively accessed and cited by prestigious journals. He is the Associate
Editor of STAM, Applied Nanoscience and IEEE Access, and sits at Editorial/
Community Board of Materials Horizons, Multifunctional Materials, Chemistry,
PLOS ONE, and Chemistry Proceedings.
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